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Communicating With Your Administrators: How To Talk So Principals Will Listen
As a former band director, campus administrator, and Director of Performing and Visual Arts for my district, I interacted with a number of administrators on a variety of topics. What I have discovered in my 31 years in education, and now another 10 in the music business world, is that communication ... Read More about Communicating With Your Administrators: How To Talk So Principals Will Listen
It’s Time to Go Back to the “Non-negotiables”
What are your "non-negotiables?" You know, those key points on which your band program is built? If you're like many, COVID and virtual teaching has created some long-term issues for the students who are in our programs. Where do you start fixing those issues? For me, it was with the ... Read More about It’s Time to Go Back to the “Non-negotiables”
Tips for Teaching Trombone
Tips for Teaching Trombone – Readers’ Collaborative Post In our recent survey, we asked Band Directors Talk Shop readers, “What is your very best advice for teaching trombone?” With hundreds of responses to the survey, we came up with this categorized list of your answers. Thanks so much to all ... Read More about Tips for Teaching Trombone
Best Photo Op Ever
A child's first beginning band concert is always extra special. It is the first time the students will be performing for an audience, and the first time their parents, family and friends will get to see them in a concert setting and hear the progress they have made since the beginning of the ... Read More about Best Photo Op Ever
Where Are My Instruments?
Do you ever find yourself standing at the door of the band instrument storage room thinking - What instruments do I have? What condition are they in? What student has which instrument? Why is there so much duct tape holding these instruments together? When was the last time these instruments were ... Read More about Where Are My Instruments?
